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LAWS OF MARYLAND.— 1834.

are justly and bona fide, indebted to him, her or them, in the
sum of —— dollars and —— cents, specifying the amount
which the said landlord or landlords shall or may claim to be
due, in dollars and cents, where the distress is for a certain
money rent; or that he, she, or they, the said landlord or land-
lords, is, or are justly and bona fide entitled to the quantity or
proportion of the produce claimed by the said landlord or land-
lords, where the distress shall or may be made under and by
virtue of the act of assembly of eighteen hundred and thirty-
one, chapter one hundred and seventy-one, entitled, an act
relating to landlords and tenants, for rent in arrear and already
due to him, her, or them, the said landlord or landlords, and
that he, she, or they, the said landlord or landlords, hath or
have not received, either directly or indirectly, any part or par-
cel of the said rent, claimed to be due and in arrear, or any
security or satisfaction for the same, except, if any, the credits
given, to the best of his, her, or their knowledge and belief.

Notice and
oath requir-
ed under
fieri facias.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That whenever any landlord or
landlords shall have rent due him or them, and shall give notice
to the sheriff or constable who may be about to sell the goods
and chattels of his, her or their tenants, from whom the rent
may be due the landlord, by virtue of fieri facias, there shall be
appended to said notice of claim, an affidavit of the amount of
his, her or their rent, claimed to be due.

Account
and oath
required
under war-
rant.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That to all and every warrant or
warrants, authorizing any bailiff to levy a distress for rent,
claimed to be due to any landlord or landlords, authorized by
law to make a distress, there shall be prefixed or annexed, the
account of such landlord or landlords, stating, in dollars and
cents, the amount of rent claimed to be due and in arrear,
where the contract has been, or may be, for a certain money
rent; or a statement, specifying the quantity or proportion of
produce, agreed upon between the landlord or landlords, and
the tenant or tenants, as the rents of the premises, where the
distress is to be made under and by virtue of the act of assem-
bly aforesaid, together with an affidavit or affirmation thereon,
in substance as required by the first section of this act.

Only two
appraisers.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any
sheriff, constable, or bailiff, in cases of distress for rent, to sum-
mon more than two appraisers of property distrained, and the

Fee for
serving, &c.

compensation to the officer for summoning and swearing each
appraiser, shall be twenty cents, and the compensation of each

For ap-
praising.

appraiser shall be thirty cents, to be recovered and paid as other
costs in cases of distress for rent, any law, custom, or usage, to
the contrary notwithstanding.

Distress,
&c. other-
wise illegal.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That any and every distress which
shall be made, after the date when this act is to take effect, con-